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did any of you opt for the 'over the air' TV?
did it work good for you?... mine went all pixelated and froze so often it wasn't worth the worry.....but what I don't understand is, back when that was ALL we had, the worst we got was a little 'snow'..... so what's different now?.... do I have to put up an antenna on the roof to get a decent 'air' signal?.... I already have satellite for the living room and the college kid, but didn't want to pay for another 'box' for jsut my bedroom, so I went for the 'air' stuff...... maddening that it doesn't work with that great little box the govt said WOULD!!!.....
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- digquicklyLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Well, ..., you do need an antenna on the roof or in the attic to receive the signal. I imagine that gov't box is receiving the weakest signal then freezing up when it detects that it's lost too many frames of data. I'm running Satellite (Direct TV) to 3 rooms in the house. No matter what they say it still goes out in bad weather.
Personally, I'd really like to cut loose of the satellite and just use the internet but the local news and network TV advantage is still big draw. I'm researching it now, as soon as I find the optimum internet TV package for myself I'm dropping Direct TV like a hot rock!
BTW, Uverse is a load of junk my neighbors bought it thinking it would be great but their TV kept freezing up so they dropped it.
- Memelord PrimeLv 79 years ago
The difference is that the signal is digital now, so it's transmitted differently. You don't get "snow" with a digital signal. But reception is still better or worse depending on where you live. I got by fine with just a pair of rabbit ears.
You don't need a box if your TV is new enough to have an ATSC tuner in it. The box is only for old TVs. and it still needs an antenna because it's not one.
- TexpersonLv 79 years ago
You can sometimes run an additional cable from one of the sat. boxes you already have into your room. There are usually multiple types of outputs on the boxes, choose the one not in use, buy a cable that will fit for both the box output and your tv input (if HD, HDMI and red/green/blue video + red.white audio work equally well) and see how it works. You can only control the box from the main location, but its a possible solution if you don't want another box.
The "government box" is just a converter for old analog crt tvs so they can receive digital broadcasts now, they need an antenna in addition to it for reception. It is not meant for receiving tv by itself.
- RichLv 79 years ago
TV now is broadcast in digital. Old TV was analog. You could even see a weak signal.. Unfortunately, a weak digital signal just does not work.. It is either there (strong) or not. (weak.) You need a good outdoor antenna with an amplifier, and you will only get local channels... The most I could get was 4.... I went back to cable... Digital is not forgiving for weak signals... (And I'd rather have 100 channels than 4.)
